Hi all. I would also recommend the speedots keyboards. I've heard they are good. They're only $47.
Matt Sent from my macbook pro On 2012-01-18, at 7:16 AM, Gigi wrote: > Hi Johnny and Others. > I went to the Apple store and got the Apple Wireless Keyboard. The only thing > you need to know ahead of time is that the battery power key on the righthand > side does not let you know when it's off and on if you're blind. You can > easily work around this, but I ran the battery down the first time until I > was told by Apple that I did have to turn it off manually. Sometimes, if you > turn it off first before telling the iPhone to turn Bluetooth on and off. > > Since Apple said that you have to hold the power key down about three > seconds, I work around this by hold it down and counting to ten. II do this > for turning it on and off, and it works fine. > > I do have a bblind friend who got a keyboard from Fries that folds in half. > Someone told me they thought those were prone to breaking, so I didn't go > that route. This one from Apple is like having a little Mac keyboard, so you > can do the VO keys. > > Regards, > Gigi > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 18, 2012, at 5:45 AM, Michael Busboom <m...@busboom.at> wrote: > >> Hello Johnny, >> >> If I were you, I wouldn't purchase the keyboard to which I referred. >> Firstly, it is rather difficult to feel when your finger moves from one key >> to the next. Although it is a qwerty keyboard, it is, for lack of a better >> expression, "misaligned." In other words, the 'm' isn't where you would >> expect it to be, i.e. right below, and slightly to the right of the 'j.' >> Secondly, there is no way to invoke VO commands since the Option key can >> only be invoked when you use the modifier with one of the alphanumeric >> characters. I think that I will go to an Apple store soon and see if I >> can't do better. :) >> >> Best regards, >> >> Mike >> ." >> On 17,Jan,2012, at 7:29 PM, Johnny Angel! wrote: >> >>> Hi Mike, >>> >>> I was wondering how you made out with the keyboard you wrote about in your >>> post below. I too am looking for a keyboard for use with my I-phone 4S. I >>> had been looking at the Freedom I-Connex and the Apple bluetooth keyboard, >>> but have yet to make up my mind. Since the keyboard you are looking at is >>> make for the I-phone, I assume that it has all of the necessary keys that >>> are needed for the i-devices? >>> >>> Johnny >>> On Dec 15, 2011, at 12:04 PM, Michael Busboom wrote: >>> >>>> Hello everyone, >>>> >>>> Since I find it very difficult to enter data on my iPhone, I am >>>> considering buying a bluetooth keyboard that, apparently, has been >>>> designed specifically for the iPhone. I was told that this bluetooth >>>> keyboard is made by a company called Boxwave and that is designed in such >>>> a way to enable the iPhone and keyboard to basically fit in one case. >>>> >>>> Has anyone had any experience with this product and are there any gotchas, >>>> as far as VO is concerned? >>>> >>>> Thanks and best regards, >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> Johnny Angel! >>> beefca...@neo.rr.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
